More often than not, the majority have heard the term as astral projection. Perhaps they heard it from a movie, book or an enlightened associate. However, few individuals understand that astral projection is a very real event. It is something that anyone can do. More than likely you have astral projected and never even realized it.
You need to understand what astral projection really is. Astral projection is the ability of an individual to leave his or her body. Everyone has the ability to do this; everyone does this when he or she lay down to sleep at night. While sleeping the physical mind is resting and the subconscious mind takes control. A person astral projects while this is happening. However, the majority may never remember astral projecting.
Astral projection allows you to travel to any place you can imagine. You can visit the past, explore the future or go anywhere in the present that you focus your mind on. When you astral project Your astral body knows no distance and can go anywhere and to anytime while your body is asleep.
The next question is what the astral body is. It is the ethereal body. The astral body is the invisible duplicate of the body. It houses all our desires and feelings. Does the astral body leave and not return? A silver cord connects the physical and astral bodies together.
The silver cord is there for your entire lifetime. From the moment of your birth, the silver cord is there, connecting your two bodies and is not cut loose until your astral body leaves the physical body behind at death.
You may wonder where you may go when you astral project. The astral body goes to the astral plane. It is the invisible double of the Earth. It has a faster vibration than the physical Earth and its vibrations penetrate to the center of the Earth. Some define it as another dimension of reality. However, the majority agree that there are many levels of the astral plane.
Can astral travel be dangerous? The answer is both yes and no. If you exercise caution when astral projecting and decide beforehand where you want to travel to, then astral travel is safe as long as you are in the proper state of mind.
It is when alcohol and drugs are involved that astral travel can become risky. These substances can limit your astral body to the lowest levels of the astral plane where it is more dangerous to travel.
You should know where you want to go and only astral project when you are in the proper frame of mind to do so. You want to have control over where your astral body goes and what it does.
With the proper preparation, you can begin learning to astral project in little time. Most people like to do their astral projection while alone in the privacy of their home. That said, there are astral projection professionals who conduct group astral travel sessions in order to help others learn how to control their astral projection and to make the most of the experience. You may want to try astral projection both on your own and in a group under the guidance of a professional.
You can find various other resources such as books online. For instance, you can create the right state of mind by listening to quality astral projection hypnosis recordings. It will help you relax and walk you through the various stages. This is beneficial since you can continue playing the recording repeatedly until your subconscious mind picks up the message that it is all right for you to leave your body.
Recently there have been great advances in sound technology called binaural beats. This works by playing slightly different degrees of sound frequencies in either ear. This offers a very quickly relaxing and deep state of meditation to occur which is essential for astral projecting success.
You may not be successful on the first few tries, but don't let this discourage you. Astral projection takes practice just like any other skill. It's a natural ability, but it does take some time and patience before you'll be an expert at it.
If you?re not convinced that you can astral project, think back to one of those dreams you've had where you're flying, then falling. This was an astral projection, not a dream. The flying you experienced was your astral body traveling and the falling sensation was your astral body returning to your physical body. This is something which any one of us can do and it will become easier with practice.
